Historian (doesn't understand this alien language I'm speaking): Really?
Me: But you don't have any problem sleeping, do you? That's because you have the good temperament.
Historian: That's right. Saint John the Good.
Me: Good temperament, I said. Besides, you are good. You're not venal.
Historian: As opposed to you. You wouldn't say you're venal, would you?
Me: I sure am. I am quick to anger and consumed with envy.
Historian: Just the opposite of what you're supposed to be.
Me: (quick to wrath, therefore fuming)
Historian: You're supposed to be . . . what is it the Book of Mormon says?
Me: . . .
Historian: Slow to anger and quiet as an . . . owl? And wise as . . . a goat.
Me: Wise as a goat.
Historian: . . . or maybe that's the Bible, but not translated correctly.
New video:
Perfect.
ReplyDeleteI found that interesting. Not solely for the reason to see that Malt o Meal do the frosted mini wheats in a giant bag. I am currently addicted to these. And jealous you can buy them in a bag, and I cannot!
ReplyDeleteI want the scriptures the Historian reads. Good story arc and all that.
ReplyDeleteI love the conversations with the Historian.
ReplyDeleteAnd while I've heard bits of news on NPR that are not good at all about your friend, the poet, I can only hope that no news is still good news when it comes to that running son of yours.
Wow, I love the video--so thought-provoking. I'd give you a sabbatical just based on this video. Many lines which will stick with me as I'm headed out to buy plants for the garden: "embroidering a figure on my own life" and "a homemade life" and then wondering if this focus on buying stuff is a "shortcut."
ReplyDeleteOur desires, it seems, are constructed and pre-packaged and sold back to us. But maybe that's always what happens even with more "real" things like people or nature or a good book.
wise as a goat - I can't make a comment because I am still thinking.
ReplyDeleteThe goats around these parts would enjoy all the market goods you show, and even the bright-colored boxes would look lip-smacking, but they would have eaten them before thinking about them. Does that make us bipeds wiser, or less?
I told my son that I was an omnivore when it comes to reading. He said, "No, Mom. You're a goat." Is that relevant to this conversation. I also love goat cheese and goat yogurt.
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